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Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08
BEGGING FOR TEXAS.

A subscriber of THE GAZETTE at Wins
ton, N. c., sends US the following
'poster," with all its glaring head lines {:
The Governor of Texas begs for them-see
his letter in the Atlanta Constitution, January
lS,lsoT. Some Of the friendly tribes of Indians are
killing and eating their dogs to sustain life, and
sendlr & their chiefs east to beg for them. VIII e
men have killed all their game.
Wsr Cloud, Chief of the haws, full blooded
Indian, who was General Clusters old friend
and guide against wild tribes, viii make a
speech at Winston Thursday, March 81, 1887, at
10 o'c ock a. IN on Indian affairs and frontier
life. He will Je dressed as he was when he
visited Washington city, seventeen years ago,
to treat away his lands in Kansas After his
speech he will ask ever man, woman and child
to give m some hing for his starving people.
Over thirty counties in West Texas never
raised one peck of corn or wheat last year.
After the Indians speech and Interpretation
lfor he ca not speak EngLsh) we win lecture
on educatioo, the acts and sci noes, and ex-
plain some new, useful and Invaluable discov-
cries in science never bsfore knowl Educa-
ton and religion are twin sis ers which, when
separated, die. We hope to have the largest
churches filed with intelligent, generous peo-
Pile. Ministers will please publish these lee
lures from the stand, editors from the press
and all send the news as far as they can.
Heaven aids the generous and good.
l. \. DODGE of Brady, Tex.
Those who fail to hear Profes sor Dodge lee
ture i'll miss an intellectual treat, and his new
scientific discoveries are simply invaluable
MORTON MOSES,
Texas State Masonic Lectur er.
We, the undersigned citizens of McCuu CHI
county, Tex, take g est pleasure in saving
that Professor /. a. Dodge is one of our most
honored and esteemed fellow-cisfzsns, and
wish ur country a filled with such men.
q. L. BEATTY, County Judge.
w. MC>HAN, County and District Clerk.
JoHN r. MEGEE, County Treasurer. e
+. NJ. MILLER, Sheriff.
S. II. GHOLSToN, Assessor. e.. 3d.
Brady, Tex, November I, 1856.
Our subscriber writes that war,
Cloud, chief of the Kaws," and 81. a.
Dodge of Brady, Tex" are 'getting lots
of money from our peoples" and very
the writer wants to know if
''War Cloud" and 81. A. Dodge" are ac-
credited agents of Texas or McCulloch
county.
THE GAZETTE has no knowledge of
either the Indian or the pale-face. viii
he officers of McCulloch county tell US
what they know of l. A. Dodge, who ad-
yertises himself in North Carolina as
recommended by them?
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08
POSTAL CARDS.
Where They are Manufactured and How
Supplied.

Where They are manufactured and How
Supplied.
The head of the concern which manu-
features postal cards for the government
is G. c. Woolworth of Albany, n. Y. The
factory where the paper is manufactured
and the cards prepared is located st Cas-
Teton. Heretofore the cards have
been sent to Albany, and were
distributed through the railway postal
service to such points as they were
ordered. Recently it was determined to
make supply depOts at Chicago, st. Louis
and Atlanta. ave have an order nOW,''
said MIR. Woodwork, "for train-load of
postal-cards to be sent direct TO Chicago.
The weight of the cards t. be sent will
be about 125 tons, and the total number
about As, 100000. After Chicago has been
stocked up We shall send supplies in e
similar manner to St. LOUIS and to At
lanta. We manufacture between two and
three tons day the year around.
"The largest order we have ever filled for
one city was 1000, 00G cards, or about
twelve tons Of paOer. 1t was for New
York city. New York uses about $780,
900 postal cards month. Chicago comes
next on the list with 7Out 200 900 cards
in the same period. There are 45O, 200, 900
postal cards manufactured annually The
adoption OF the twO-Cent postage did not
cause any lessening of the use of postal
cards, but checked the growth of their
use for some little time. That check has
been overcome, and the public is using
more and more postal cards every day.
the ratio of increase being constant and
ste9dVD
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08

that the general result will be obtainable
before the night is oyer. For this thanks
will be due to the new election law, pro-
viding for prompt counting of the votes,
which has now been signed by the Gov
ernor. THE GAZETTE put out it's tow
line and worked hard to secure this law,
and now that it is occurred THE GAZETTE
may be pardoned if it looks back with
cain complacency on the aid it rendered
in the premises. THE GAZETTE and otter
papers reasoned and argued with the
Legislature to change the old law, and for
one time the law makers put aside moss
backism and adopted the common sense
method. The people will like the new
law, and when they see how admirably it
works'will wonder why they stuck to the
old cumbersome, tedious method so long.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08
A PRICE On HIS HEAD.

An Exasperated Chinaman Offers $4,000
for KaIakua's Taking Oh. -
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, April Gap
tain Mccullough, who arrived few DAYS
ago N command of the brig William G.
Irwin from the Sandwich Islands, relates
a remarkable story of Chinese enmity
against King K4lakua He states that q GER
tain Chinese firm paid brides of $40 900 to
q native officer holding higA position
to secure his influence in obtaining the
exclusive right to sell opium in the Ha-
waiian kingdom, and that the Chinese firm
in question failed to secure the prize
They then demanded 8 return of the
bride, which was refused. MCCul-
Tough further states that the Chi
nese have decided not to submit
to what they consider an outrage, and
when he left the walls of Honolulu were
covered with handhiIs in Chinese offer
ing a reward OF $4,000 for the head of
King Kalasua. l. is said that the guards
have Teen doubled aheat the palace.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08
TIE NER ELECTL0N LAW.

There is one blessed feature about the
prohibition election to take place in
Texas next Augustine people won't
have to wait until September to learn
whether John Barleycorn has been
routed or held his own. If the
telegraph wires are in good working order
on the night Of the election day TIE GA
zETTE will be able to tell the tale on the
next morning, for all over the state the
alert workers, hundreds of them, who
gather the news for THE GAZETTE will
be rushing in the returns and deft workers
IN the home office will be putting them in
shape for publication. There are so few
counties that are not accessible by wire
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08

other ofenses against the prophecies
which men in dealing with each other
have not deemed it best to be too severe
upon. 1t would not be surprising, there
fore, if the appearance of this new ele-
ment in local politics would have the re-
sult of embittering the contests and of
adding UNNECESSARILY to the personal
rancor which has attended them.
Ii in such warfare the women who are
actively engaged do not occasionally find
themselves attacked in kind it will be be-
cause the men of Kansas are all high
minded, chivalrous and unwilling to re-
sent an injury, and because the women
themselves will do what they never have
yet done-agree as to the objects of their
dislike and their favor
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08

BEFORE the Legislature adjourns THE
GAZETTE desires TO congratulate Mr..
Newton on his evident desire and intent
to faithfully represent Tsrrant county.
Having been opposed to Mr.. Newton in
his canvass, and being always opposed to
those who appear to be representative of
class interests and class demands, TIE
GAZETTE is impelled to say for Mr.. New
ton that he has been representative of
all the people and not of any one class of
people. Justice to the Representative
of Tarrant county demands this from
a newspaper that opposed him because it
feared him, and the tri0ute is rendered
voluntarily and with pleasure.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08
Generous and Extensive Loan,

An earnest Christian lady makes the
following offer to our readers: 81 will
loan, free of postal and ell charges, to
such of your readers as will promise a
careful reading and to pay return postage
after reading it, book which in an inter
esting style shows the Bible to be self
interpreter, and It's teachings grandly
harmonious, viewed in the light of sane
titled reason and common sense.
81 want to put this boz into the hands
of all the ske pticsllY inclined, as an aid
and guard against the growing scientific
skepticism, 1t is not dry, musty reading,
but truly meat in due season. TO the
truth-hungry. The light of this precious
little volume has made the Bible new
book, treasure, mine of wealth, to
many as we'll as to myself. Aud l feel
that 1 cannot better t1se my means than
in circulating this work by the thousand"
Address postal card to
MRS. G.. B. LEMUELS,
Allegheny, Pa.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08
Consumptton Cured.

An old physician, retired from practice
having had placed in his hands by an East India
the for ula off, simple vegetable
remeay for the speedy and permanent cure of
bronctstis, eatarrh, asthma and
all throat and lung afsetf ms, also positive
and radical cure for Nervous debility and all
nervous complaints. af or having tested its Won
derful curative powers IN thousands of cases,
has felt it his dasy to make it known to his suf
fering fellows. Assztsted b tnis motive and a
desire to relieve huT1a1 suffering, will send
free of chargeAr3 all who desire It, this recipe,
in German, FTeneE or English, with full direc-
tiens for preparin gland using. Sent by mail by
az dressing With stamp, naming this paper,
w. A. NeFsss: 149 Powers Block, Roches
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08
THE WHEAT CROP.
Kansas Complains OF Dry Weather. and
Illinois of Frost

Kansas Complains OF Dry Weather and
Illinois of Frost
CHICAGO, ILL, April 3.-The following
is the Farmers Review report this week
Reports from the winter wheat growing
states are still of favorable tenor,
the majority of the returns indicating that
fall sown grain is in full average condition.
The weather continues dry in Missouri
and Kansas and. there is crest lack of
moisture, particularly in the last named
state, but as yet the crop has not been
seriously injured on this account over
any widely distributed area.
In Michigan and Wisconsin, large pOr-
tons of the state are still under snow,
and in Grand Traverse county Of Michi-
ian, the wheat fields are reported to be
covered with two feet of snow.
Returns from twenty-siX counties of
Illinois report winter wheat as looking
fair to good, while in four counties the
crop is looking badly. Freezing winds
during the week had a bad effect on
wheat throughout the entire state.
Fifteen Indiapa cOun les make faYOra
BILE returns and in two counties, Adams
and DeKalb, the situstion Is described as
bad.
The general tenor of reports from
Kansas are mere encouraging. A pros
pect OF fair to good yield is reported in
Bourbon, Brown, CLAW, Cowley, Davis,
Dickinson, Douglas, Ellsworth, Harper,
Montgomery, Norton, Rush, Pratt and
Woodson counties, but complaints If dry
weather are made by all correspondents.
In Mitchell county prospects are poor.
Favorable reports are made from four
teen Missouri counties and the outlook is
described as di>couraging in only one,
Benton, of those reporting this week.
Fourteen Ohio counties make favorable
returns, while seven countIes-Ashland,
Champaign, Hardin, Medina, Mercer,
Vauwert and Wood-describe the crop as
looking poorly.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08

COLONEL w E Sim of the Park Theater,
Brooklyn, proposed to give performance
in which Lolita would appear, the en-
tertainment to be for the benefit of the
Beecher statue fund. This proposition
was met by T. McCant Stewart, colored
lawyer, who has been trying unsuccess-
fully for several years to induce Colonel
Sim to admit colored people to his
theater, with the expression of the hope
that on the occasion of this benefit, in
memory of man who never sighted the
slaves, there would be no distinction on
account of race or color. This provoked
somewhat angry reply from Colonel
Sim. Chroniclers will please observe
this occurred in Brooklyn. n. Y, and not
IN Birmingham, Ala.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08
LongfeIlow,s Birthday Book

Is beautiful present to give any lady.
But there is little book published in
pamphlet form, with no pretensions to
literary merit, that would be as appropri-
ate, and might be the means of saving q
life. Il is called DR.. R. Y. Pierce's trea-
'tise on diseases Of women, for whose pc
culiar troubles the "FaYarite Prescrip-
tion'' is especially designed. Is is pre-
fuselY illustrated with wood cuts and
cclored plates, and will be sent to any
address, for 10 cents in stamps, by the
Worlds Dispenssry Medical Association,
Buffalo, n Y
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION.
Aateo of Advertising Furnished on April
cation.

nen:tttonces by draft, post0gfce money order or
unregistered letter. at risk OF office
s.fO 'eSpondeTce as solicited upon all sub
-. 'oHtpt information Of erentS and llelcs happen
tngS OF general interest solicited
49,. communications intended for publication
nsLSt be accompanied 6Y the 1r7iteys name and ad
GaeSS not for publication, but as an eridence OF
naTttes urttiRg to THE GAZETTE on business
personal to themselves tiU please inclose stamp for
reply. f'-''' ''o'''' '''-'P ~
~ letters or communications for THE GAZETTE
1gLether on business or for publication should be
addressed to THE .AZETTt or IENInCTAr pm.
Using Using Co, Fort Worth, Ter AND NOT TO
INDIVIDUALS
az checks, money orders, postal notes, etc,
LISTING Co.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08
A PRIVATE letter to THE GAZETTE fro

A PRIVATE letter to THE GAZETTE from
Washington city says: al hope the pro
ject for state geological survey for
Texas will not be defeated. There is
great interest manifested in this matter
by the United States geological survey
and the eminent biologists connected
with the government" Alas! Texas
must wait. The opponents OF the meas
ure demonstrated to the satisfaction of
the Lower House that a knowledge of the
the potato bug or make the culture of the
South American plant less laborious, and
the appeal to ignorance was successful.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08
A Journalistic Pirate.
Florida T mes.Union.

The southern protection organs are
quoting the New York World as Demo-
cratic paper that objects to the excom-
munication of Mr.. Randall. The World
is very poor Democratic authority; in
fact it is no Democratic authority at all.
It's policy is dictated by a political free
lauce or journalistic pirate, who knows
little and cares less about Democratic
principles or the Democratic party.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08
Sherman's Method.
Philadelphia Record.
MRS. G.. B. LEMUELS,
Allegheny, Pa.


A familiar example of Senator Sher-
mans method Of dealing with the tariff
problem may be found in his Nashville
assertion that "luxuries," consisting of
wines, liquors snd cigars, silks, jewels
and other articles, consumed mainly by
the rich," yield the largest portion of the
revenues from customs. The fact is that
in the total revenue of $I88, 200, 900 from
customs last year the duties on these
luxuries did not amount to $50, 000. 900.
The duties collected from wool and wool
en- clothing were twice as great in amount
as the duties on silks. The duties on
fax, hemp and jute, and their manufaC-
lures were greater in amount than all of
the duties collected last year from wines
and liquors. The duties collected from
iron and steel greatly exceeded the duties
collected from tobacco. BY misleading
assertions concerning the character of the
imports on which revenues are collected
John Sherman and other prOtectiOnists
seek to deceive the public in regard to the
tariff system. The oppression and
infquitY of the tariff do not consist so
much in the duties actually collected from
imports as in the enhancement of
the cost of domestic commodities.
During the Fortg-ninth Congress the
people of Ea ,tport, Me-, town which
had been nearly destroyed by fire, asked
for relief from the duties on lumber and
other building materials. These poor
people, when they came to rebui d their
houses, found that the tariff had arti-
fciaIly enhanced the prices of lumber in
a great lumber producing state. But
John Sherman would have them believe
that most of the revenues from customs
are derived from duties on IuxJries."
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08

THE constitutional amendment to be
voted on IN August, and increasing the
pay of members of the Legislature to So
c day for ninety days should be unani-
mously adopted. Texas ought not to
want laws made at 81 day.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08

THE prohibition canvass will warm
with the summer days. 1t will be a bat
tie of brains and argument, and the
party that loses it's temper or tries to win
on prejudice or false issues will gain
nothing bY such course
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08

WITHIN thirty days Fort Worth will be
in direct connection wi h Kansas City vie
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Road.
There's millions in this simple announce
ment for "the Fort"
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08

SHOULD the Standard Oil Company sue
coed in the negotiation for the principal
iron mines of Canada, England will doubt
less have proposition from this corpo-
ration to hand over the whole Dominion.
This mono poly has q reputation for grasp
ing, and the whole realm of nature will
SCARCELY meet the demand OF its capacious
maui
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08
Fire In Their Roar.

Clnclnnau enquirer.
While the Republicans are vainly try
ing to win for the national struggle of
1888 state or two in the south, it begins
TO look very much as if they might lose,
in the north, both Illinois and Massachu-
sets
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08

1. is reported from CherryhiI, Pa,
that farmer there has pet crow that
has associated with. his chickens so long
that it actually imagines itself enc. 1t
struts around the barnyard ell day
scratching for grain, goes to roost with
the hens at nisht, and in aikthings tries to
ape the manners of its associates. During
the late warm spell one of the hens took
notion to try to hatch cut q china egg,
and the crow, not to be outdSne, hunted
up an old bone and followed suit.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08
Killed in a Church

LONDON, April 4.-The roof of a church
at Liugua Glossa, Sicily, fell without
warning during the service yesterday,
burying beneath it 100 persons, forty of
whom were killed or injured.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08

? THE man who plants his real estate
seed In Fort Worth now is wise. The
man who waits, for any cause, will have
to plow all the deeper to raise g crop.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08
Educational Mattera.
New York sun

New York Sun.
Little Scholsr-Why is "man" called
noun?
Elderly Schoolmistress with acidity)-
Because it's the name of thing"
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08

The MempasjS and Little Rock wants
cohnectlo9< with "the Fort There is
room !0'r all. The belt line will let them
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08

TWENTY miles of track aTaIaid on the
Fort Worth and Rio GrgSde On to
Granbury.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08

THE Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific.
too. On with the bust.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08

General Bour laDger is fond OF cricket,
g TASTE which he acquired during, resi-
dence in England when q boy.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08

snd VI ,ruGltcation, Second ST.. Between Houston
nnd thrOckmOrtOn. Entered at tLo 1T Wor3L
fos'ofnce as HecOnd-Class Mail Matter.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-08

seco neere S at the Postofce at Fort Worth ga
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-08-25
INTER-sTATES CON-
vENT1ON.
The Cotton and the Com Lords in
,ili~ Convention. el
DELEGATES from ten States Present-Fue
Hundred 4graeulturtsts Discuss
ing Their Needs.
From the Atlanta constitutional

just as Commissioner Henderson
stepped to the front of the stage at
DeGive's 0pera house Yesterday morn
ing for thenpurpose of feadingthe call
for the Interstate contention, a good
breeze began to bloT into the opera!
house through the/open windows at
the real Of the stages The pit, dress
circle and first gallery were crowded
with ladies present at the opening
exercises, delegates from ten southern
states and SPECTATORS generally. "'D .
The operaf1ouse was crowded and
the pleasant breeze was a welcome at
tendant upon the crowdedconvention.
While Jadge5Hendefsonts was reading
the call, an, opportunity wasAgiEen for
an examination of the delegations. 1T
was impossible to compare one,delega-
tion with another, as the members did
not sit together but were scattered all
over the house; but the blue and old
gold badges floating from the lapels of
the coats marked them everywhere.
A:fner looking body of men never
assembled in the south than the farm
ers' convention. Strong, brawny
looking men, mostly bearded, with
u tanned faces and necks, with a
hardy color of good health, they at
tracted general comment by their fine
appearance. The former could be
seen everywhere. It was not a con-
vention of theorist dreamers; but the
knotty hand and tanned faces betok-
ened men who in reality and in sober
earnest titled the soil for the generous
products it yielded in return. Such
was the impression the convention
made upon the interested spectators,
and the exercises that followed showed
the interest that the delegates felt in
the proceedings and the solicitude
they entered az to the general result
of Observation-Disclosures